FRAGMENTATION HYPOTHESIS OF MEMORY - CUED-RECALL OF PICTURES AND OF SEQUENTIAL POSITION
FRAGMENTATION HYPOTHESIS OF MEMORY - CUED-RECALL OF PICTURES AND OF SEQUENTIAL POSITION
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DOI:
10.1037/0096-3445.105.3.277
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
JONES, GV
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作者:
JONES, GV
Examined (a) whether the interrelationships of different components in memory are reflexive or asymmetric and (b) how the components interact when more than one is used as a cue for recall. Memory for series of items whose objective components were statistically independent of one another was examined. The items were color photographs which each depicted a particular object (eg, a cup) of a particular color (eg, yellow) in a particular location (eg, the top left corner of the backdrop); the photograph also occurred in a particular sequential position of course (eg, as the 2nd photograph of a series). After a filled 25-sec delay, recall of each item was assessed using 1, 2, or 3 of these 4 components as cue for the remainder. A fragmentation hypothesis is suggested to account for the results concerning the visual attributes. This postulates that a memory trace corresponds to a fragment of a perceived situation. A fragment can be excited by the provision of a single constituent as cue: Recall is therefore reflexive, and the cuing of a memory by several of its constituents is no more effective than that by a single one. Sequential position did not conform to the fragmentation hypothesis, correct recall being more likely when sequential position was used as a cue for another component than when it was itself cued for.(33 ref)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)